The Chrysalis Process is a holistic and transformational approach to your health and healing. Through a blend of the ancient health practices of Ayurveda, you will learn about your ʻdoshaʼ - your unique body composition.

3. Attributes / Qualities of Kapha
Guru - Heavy
Manda - Slow
Hima - Cool
Snigdha - Slimy
Slakshna - Slimy
Sandra - Static
Avila - Cloudy
Mrudu - Soft

4. Sub-Types of Kapha
Tarpaka – White matter, myelin sheaths
Bodhaka – Tongue, governs taste, speech,
swallowing
Avalambaka – Supports all systems,
protects heart & lung tissue
Kledaka – Stomach mucus lining
Sleshaka – Synovial fluid

5. Main Sites of Kapha
Mucosal lining of the stomach
Lungs
Pancreas
Sinuses
Lymph nodes
Joints – Synovial fluid
Nose
Mouth
Mastic tissue

6. Causes for provocation
of Kapha
Svapnāddive: Sleeping
during the day
Madhura: Eating sweets
Śītala: Eating cold foods
Matsya: Eating fish
Māmsa: eating meat
Guru: Eating heavy foods
Amla: Eating sour foods
Pichala: Eating sticky foods
Tila: Eating to much sesame
Ikshu: Eating sugar cane
Payōvikāra: Eating dairy
products
Snigdha: Eating oily foods
Atitripti: Over eating
Lavaņa: Eating salty foods
Vasanta: Spring season (&
late winter increases Kapha)
Udaka: drinking too much
water

7. Symptoms of vitiated Kapha
Śvetatva: Pale skin
Śītatva: Coldness
Gurutva: heavyness
Kaņďū: Irritation
Snēhōpadēha: Oily skin
Stimitatva: Sluggishness
Lēpā: Stretching of skin
Sangātacirakriyāśca:
Delayed urges

8. Pacification of Kapha
Rūkșa: foods that have a
drying effect, dry foods
Kșāra: Alkaline foods
Kașāya: Astringent foods
Tikta: Bitter foods
Kațuka: Spicy foods
Nișțhīvanam: expectoration
Strīsēva: Enjoying sex
Dvaniyuddha: Blabbering
Jāgara: Staying up late
Jalakrīďā: Water games
Padāghātanam: long walking
Dhūma: Therapeutic
smoking
Āsthāpa: Enema with
decoction and no oil
Śirōvirēka: Purifying the
head with errhine therapy
Svēdōpanahādikam:
Sudation therapy
Vamana: Emisis
Pānā: Kapha reducing drinks
Āhāra: Kapha reducing diet
Bhēșajam: Kapha reducing
herbs